Sentence examples for somewhat backward from inspiring English sources

I'm afraid I've got my slides somewhat backward.

Big though it is, China's economy is also somewhat "backward".

But this time the thinktanks seem somewhat backward about coming forward.

Compared with the Continent, England in the early days of printing was somewhat backward.

THE futures industry, despite its name, was long viewed as a somewhat backward relation of the stockmarkets.

Hyderabad remained a peaceful, but somewhat backward, princely state as the movement for independence gathered strength in India.

June 19: R.E.M., the pride of Athens, Georgia, has restored the good name of jangle pop with its new album, the hard-rocking (if somewhat backward-looking) "Accelerate".

This is going to sound somewhat backward-sounding, but I don't think my dad loved men answering the phones at his company.

They think of the Italians as somewhat stupid and backward: Carmela listens much and says little.

Ramirez went backward, somewhat awkwardly.

This is somewhat paradoxical because backward modulatory characteristics would not be expected of driving motor command signals.